Grub Street Publishing: 196 books
by Ian Gleed
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2010
Originally published during the war in 1942, this is the other side of the mirror from the philosophical flight record of authors such as Antoine de Saint Exupery. It is a literal, daily record of an English fighter pilot of 23 years fighting in the Battle of Britain, giving a truly authentic picture...
by Norman Macmillan
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Into the Blue is widely regarded as a literary classic. Originally published in 1929, and 44 years since its latest publication, Grub Street reintroduces you to Norman Macmillan’s insightful and gripping book about his experiences as a pilot during the First World War.
Wing Commander Norman...
Flying into Hell
The Bomber Command Offensive as Seen Through the Experiences of Twenty Crews
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Best-selling author Mel Rolfe brings the reader vivid real-life stories of bomber command at war with his new book Flying into Hell. Following the success of his two previous books for Grub Street, To Hell and Back, and Hell on Earth this contains more vivid stories of wartime experiences. Thoroughly...
Richard Hillary
The Authorised Biography of a Second World War Fighter Pilot and Author of "The Last Enemy"
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Richard Hillary was born in Australia in 1919 and brought up in England. Oxford educated, he was a writer foremost who was also a fighter pilot. When World War Two came he joined 603 Sqn and became an ace in the Battle of Britain. His life changed when he was shot down in September 1940, suffering...
by Ikuhiko Hata
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Hitherto only available in Japanese text, this unique work is now published in English language format (reprinted now following exceptional demand) and provides an in-depth review of the fighter units of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and their pilots.
This translation is a companion...
by Norman Franks
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2010
When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest array of Royal Air Force aircraft ever seen in WWII until that time. Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory,...
Survival Against All Odds
Sunday, 8 June 1942: Shot Down Over France
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Born in 1922 in north London and fascinated by a flight in 1938 in one of Sir Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus aircraft, John Misseldine enlisted in the RAF as soon as he turned 18. After training in California in 1941 (in the very first batch of air cadets to be sent there and where he met many Hollywood...
by Christopher Shores, Ikuhiko Hata
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
This book is a companion volume to Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1931-1945, published by Grub Street in 2002. As such it also represents a major updating and rewriting of Messrs Hata’s and Izawa’s earlier book of similar title, published in the USA some 20 years ago.
The...
by Sean Feast
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
What sort of men were the Pathfinders, the corps d’élite of Bomber Command? What did they do? What risks did they face? And what contribution did they make to the air war and the ultimate defeat of Germany?
By drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving veterans – many speaking...
The Last of the 39-ers
The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
In some ways, Alfie Fripp’s war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp (RAF Retd) was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war (PoW) until his death in 2012...
Hurricane R4118 Revisited
The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration to Flight of a Battle of Britain Survivor: The Adventure Continues 2005-2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Twelve years since the amazing account of Peter Vacher’s discovery in India was originally published, Grub Street is thrilled to bring readers the updated story of Hurricane R4118. Since the restoration of this magnificent aircraft to flight in 2004, Peter Vacher continued to research its history....
by Aidan MacCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2006
An “engrossing” memoir of a Royal Air Force doctor’s World War II experiences, from surviving Dunkirk to witnessing Nagasaki (The Irish Times).
As an RAF medical officer, Aidan MacCarthy served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was interned by the Japanese in Java, where his ingenuity...
The Lightning Boys 2
More True Tales from Pilots and Crew of the English Electric Lightning
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 is a must-have companion and continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue, amaze and amuse,...
The Lightning Boys
True Tales from Pilots of the English Electric Lightning
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
“A good read both to aviators in general and to the Lightning fraternity in particular” (Royal Air Force Historical Society).
According to a recent international study, the Lightning is the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. With over twenty individual stories from former Lightning...